Courageous Failures

                                       There is the possibility of bravery in disappointment.

All of us come to that bend in the road, where we have to choose how to proceed with this experience.  When our love is not reciprocated, when we feel loss, and when the world just seems bad.  We all choose.  We choose to become cynical, and have that pass for discernment, or we choose bravery, keeping our hearts open to the next delight.  We can do this even if we know it may be a bit of time before it appears.   I was thinking about all of this and found some lovely quotes on bravery and decided to pass them on.   Today….BE OPEN,  BE GRATEFUL, and BE BRAVE!

 “We don’t see the world as it is, but as we are.” Anais Nin :

                                                     

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”

― Amelia Earhart

 

“Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.”

― Pericles

“Daylight is an amazing boost for bravery.”

― Debra Pickman

“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Be brave. Things will find their shape.”

― Erin Bow

“...if you spent all your time being protected, you never got to find out anything new.”

― Sage Blackwood

“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”

― Matthew Dicks

“I was a lot braver when I was eight.”

― Claire Cook